Four Spiritual Teachers: Influences Along My Path

“Everything is of interest to the Scholar as an object of study. Scholars are the perpetual students of the world, always seeking to learn more.”

So true. I am almost insatiably curious and have long turned to books to quench that thirst. And, as you can imagine, I love love love the internet! I can sit on my butt and wonder about the most arcane (and often inane!) things and go right to Google for an answer. There’s almost nothing better for a scholar.

In my quest to know every damn thing in the world, I’ve read a lot of books, listened to many (many!) audio courses and of course, taken twelve bizillion workshops and classes in the past fifteen years of delving deep into the woo side of the pool.

Now, let me share some of that knowledge with you.

I often speak about those who have influenced my thoughts, perceptions and values over the years and I thought I’d take this opportunity to pull all that together.

Robert Ohotto: I consider Robert Ohotto one of the foremost spiritual teachers around these days. His podcasts, classes and his book Transforming Fate Into Destiny: A New Dialogue with Your Soulare all well worth your time and money. He’s down-to-earth, refuses to sugar coat anything and has a way of helping you understand how to view things with a high degree of consciousness. His life has been a tough one (sensitive child of addict parents) but it’s really given him an understanding of the wounds and hurts we all encounter. I don’t always agree with him 100% (he has a particular disdain for Law of Attraction followers) but whenever I listen to him, I always come away with something to think about or a perspective I didn’t have before.

Caroline Myss: And I needn’t tell you that one of the prime influences not only on my education but on my own personal growth has been Caroline Myss. Her book Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing is, in my opinion, simply stellar. It weaves together an understanding of the seven chakras, the seven Catholic sacraments and the seven branches of the Tree of Life. In it, she shows how energy flows, what stops it and what you can do to heal your wounds.

I’d say that any of her books are worth reading although some are much more dense than others – for example, I couldn’t get through Sacred Contracts and consider it more a reference book than something to read cover-to-cover.

If you want a good foundation in energy work (and personal development) and can handle another no-nonsense teacher, Myss is the go-to guide for that work. (And no surprise to me that Ohotto considers her one of his greatest teachers as well. Their styles (no BS, hella direct) are very similar.)

Rose Rosetree: One of the earliest influences on my path was Rose Rosetree. I remember learning about her in a Healing Touch class I was taking and several people there had worked with her as well and commented “yeah, she’s definitely connected UP somehow!” – that was enough for me to seek her out. Rose taught me how to become a skilled empath who no longer takes in everyone’s STUFF, how to remove energetic cords of attachment (the most healing work I offer) and many energetic practices I use (and share) to this day.

(Note: I took many classes and workshops that Rose taught but am not an official “Rose Rosetree Mentoring Student”. We parted ways about three years ago over this distinction so I wanted to make it clear that while I had teaching sessions with her and attended classes, I am not officially representing myself as one of her mentoring students.)

David Neagle: Finally, the most recent influence on my growth and learning comes from David Neagle. He’s a powerhouse of a spiritual teacher wrapped in a working-man’s body and one of the best coaches I’ve ever seen. His particular strength is explaining esoteric Universal Laws (and ages old books written on them) in terms pretty much anyone can understand. I have never seen anyone take such dense, archaic material (such as Wallace Wattles “The Science of Getting Rich”) and make it relevant like David. And having seen him coach in person, I was riveted by his laser focus on the person in front of him. His four CD course “The Art of Success” is free on his site and it lays the groundwork for all the rest of his teaching. Highly, highly recommended.

So there you have it! These individuals in their own way have helped shape my worldview and my abilities as a channel, a coach and a spiritual teacher. Learning and growing is, for me, imperative. If I’m not growing, I’m dead. You will always find me with my head in a book or my earbuds in, listening to a class online. That’s what sustains me and helps me do my work in the world.

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I am familiar with Neagle and Myss and agree that their work is just chock full of good ideas but will look up the others above on your say so as I trust your opinion on these people’s thoughts.

Your question was very intriguing as at first I didn’t think I could recommend any one writer. I was deeply influenced earlier in my life by the Seth books and don’t think I have had any other revelations from reading quite like that time. However, I am currently reading Karen Armstrong’s ’12 Steps to a Compassionate Life’ and ‘The Great Transformation’ and enjoying the new ideas surfacing within those pages for me. Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication books have also effected me very deeply. Other than those, I am enjoying diving in and picking up information from all over the place – internet mostly but some points heard in sermons at a UU church I attend – threading together a personal theology and have a feeling I will just about get it right a moment before I pass along to the next ‘stage’ the way I am going. Which is fine. Learning to enjoy the path and the process and not so much demand an immediate outcome or understanding of what I just read as sometimes I find it takes me a month or more to fully digest an idea… and in re-reading, see things I hadn’t seen the first or second times.

I think I still like Slade the best since I learned the most from him, and I am also partial to The Healed Spirit because every once in a while he hits me with something so useful that it boggles the brain. I listen to Ohotto’s podcasts too and have read Carolyn Myss…archetypes are interesting to me only to the extent that it helps me get something through my thick skull (gotta love the aha moments that come from either Carolyn or Robert explaining them coming around in a cycle!) For basics I like Anna Sayce and Erin Pavlina.

Thanks for your comment – you know I follow most of those individuals myself and always find nifty bits and pieces through their writing. It’s been said that we follow the teachers we do because they are doing some of our work. I think that’s true in my case for sure. 🙂

Hmm, very interesting! I have Rose Rosetree’s book on aura reading, and plan to dig into it shortly. As to who my favorite teachers are, though, I’m one who tends to learn from my own experience, and I’ve self-taught nearly every skill I have. I like to learn just enough about something to dive in and try it myself, but that’s very much my personality type.

So to be honest, nobody really springs to mind as a mentor, since I’ve never been one to follow other people’s teachings much. If not an island, I’m at least a peninsula. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not, but it does result in innovation sometimes, since most things I make up as I go along. 🙂

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.” – that sums you up and I love you for it, Jennifer. I’m happy to follow alongside your path with you! (Thanks for the comment!)

Many years ago someone gave me “seth speaks” a channeled book by Seth through author/poet Jane Roberts. After that I bought “nature of personal reality” and both of them have influenced my life a great deal. Like you, I have studied metaphysical and spiritual subject for many years, and today I say this: If I have to get rid of all my books, these two are the ones I would keep. They are so complex, intrugueing, funny and jawdropping soulful.

And I keep reading them again, over and over…

If you haven´t read any SETH book yet, you know what I’m gonna say now: READ!

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